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Photographs of Kilchurn Castle on Loch Awe

near Dalmally beneath
the Cruachan Horseshoe

 
in the Southern Highlands of Scotland

Kilchurn Castle

Kilchurn Castle

 Kilchurn Castle ( fifteenth century and later )
 is maintained by Historic Scotland.

It stands on a peninsula in Loch Awe
 some two miles to the west
of the village of Dalmally.

Kilchurn Castle was a fortress
and later a garrison stronghold,
it contains the oldest surviving barracks
on the British mainland.

Its five-storey tower house dominates the complex,
with a lower hall, courtyard and barracks below.

Kilchurn Castle was built in the mid-1400s,
and it remained the base
of the Campbells of Glenorchy for 150 years.

After the first Jacobite Rising of 1689,
Kilchurn was converted into a garrison stronghold,
but was abandoned by the end of the 1700s.




Kilchurn Castle on ascent of Monadh Driseig on route to Beinn a'Bhuiridh

Kilchurn Castle

on ascent of Beinn a'Bhuiridh





Beinn a'Bhuiridh and Monadh Driseig from Kilchurn Castle

Beinn a'Bhuiridh and Monadh Driseig

from Kilchurn Castle





Monadh Driseig from Castle Kilchurn on Loch Awe

Monadh Driseig

from Castle Kilchurn

on Loch Awe




Information Display at Kilchurn Castle

Information Display at Kilchurn Castle

( Note: Click here or on map for larger format copy )





Interior of Kilchurn Castle

Interior of Kilchurn Castle

 


Aerial view of Kilchurn Castle

Aerial view of Kilchurn Castle





Ben Lui from Castle Kilchurn

Ben Lui

from Castle Kilchurn




Ben Lui across Loch Awe

Ben Lui

across Loch Awe





Beinn Eunaich from Kilchurn Castle

 Beinn Eunaich ( 3244ft, 989m ) 

from Kilchurn Castle



Beinn a'Chochuill and Beinn Eunaich from Kilchurn Castle

 Beinn a'Chochuill and Beinn Eunaich

from Kilchurn Castle






Beinn a'Bhuiridh, Beinn a'Chochuill and Beinn Eunaich above Kilchurn Castle

Beinn a'Bhuiridh, Beinn a'Chochuill

and Beinn Eunaich

above Kilchurn Castle





Kilchurn Castle

Kilchurn Castle





Kilchurn Castle

Kilchurn Castle





Kilchurn Castle and Ben Lui

Kilchurn Castle

and Ben Lui




Kilchurn Castle and Ben Lui

Ben Lui




Kilchurn Castle and Ben Lui

 Ben Lui






Kilchurn Castle

Beinn Eunaich ( 3244ft, 989m )

 from Kilchurn Castle




Kilchurn Castle

Kilchurn Castle





Loch Awe Hotel

Loch Awe Hotel





Glenorchy Church at Dalmally

Glenorchy Parish Church at Dalmally

The church was built in 1810-11
on the site of earlier churches.

It is an example of an octagonal plan
 with adjoining tower.

  The site is probably early Christian in origin,
and is associated with St. Connán.

 The churchyard contains medieval grave-slabs
 in the "West Highland" style.






Map for the Cruachan Horseshoe

Map for Kilchurn Castle

and Beinn a'Bhuiridh

and Cruachan Horseshoe 


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